Clothes hanger



Nov. 17, 1936. FARLEY 2,061,303

CLOTHES HANGER Filed Jan. 22, 1935 Patented Nov. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES HANGER Mary Kathleen Farley, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The invention relates to a clothes hanger, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing that forms part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of clothes hanger arms and rails carrying limiting stops adjustable to the desired position as pointed out in the claims for novelty following a description in detail of the preferred constructions.

The objects of the invention are to facilitate the hanging of garments on the hanger and to eliminate the soiling of the garments through falling to the fioor, particularly ladies gowns and wraps; to center various kinds of garments on the hanger and thereby keep them in good condition; and generally to provide a hanger that will be inexpensive to manufacture, durable in construction and efiicient in its use.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the clothes hanger.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 2-2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3--3 in Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view partly in section of a modified form of clothes hanger.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective detail of one of the limiting stops of the modification shown in Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of a metallic form of limiting stop as applied to the hanger of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view of a modified clothes hanger.

Figure 8 is a modified form of a metal stop.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawing, the arms Ill and II extend on either side of the suspending hook l2 and together form a bow shape, preferably of vwood though the material is not so important. The bow is joined to, or forms part of the rail I3, though these members are preferably joined and spaced by the clevises l4 and I5.

The arms I0 and H and rail l3 carry the limiting stops l6 having the heads I! adjustable to the desired position for retaining the particular garments in place on the hanger.

5 These limiting stops 16 are each formed of a loop of resilient material [8 extending from the heads H and secured thereto by the screw fastening members I9 and forming a grip on the arms or rail.

The head portion I! of the stop l6 encircling the arm or rail prevents the garment from slipping off the hanger.

In another form of the hanger, the arms 22 and 23 form a bow with a continuous inverted T-shaped groove 24 cut longitudinally in its top edge between the ends 25 and 26 and the limiting stops 21 formed of looped wire or other suitable material having ofiset horizontal arms which.

slide in the base of said groove, and also have vertical portions extending upwardly in the vertical portion of the said groove and are sprung into lateral recesses at the offset ends 28. In Figure '7 the form shown in Figure 4 is modified to show a rail 33 secured to: the arms l0 and II by the clevises l4 and. I5.

In Figure 8 another modified form of metallic stop is shown for insertion in the grooved form of hanger and. this consists of a spring wire 29 looped to form a grip member 30 from which extends the spring arms 3| and 32 and which are adapted to fit into the lateral recesses of the groove in the hanger and are retained therein by their spring resiliency.

In the operation of this invention, the limiting stops are moved close to the gown or other garment on the hanger and retain it in position and prevent it from falling to the floor.

Garments such as trousers or other clothing may be folded over the lower rail and the limiting stops are adjusted so as to center the garments on the rail.

In one form of the invention, the limiting stops are adapted to be adjusted to any position on the hanger, whilein the other form, the limiting stops are restricted as to length of travel in the grooves by the spring ends of the stops.

In either form, the operation of the limiting stops is the same and the hangers themselves may be altered according to requirements, also the limiting stops.

What I claim is:

1. A clothes hanger comprising a. frame formed of arms extending from a suspending member and having an inverted T-slot cut longitudinally in its body from the top edge, and spring friction members sliding in said slot and having upwardly extending heads adapted to provide garment stops above the surface of the frame.

2. A clothes hanger comprising a frame formed of arms extending from a suspending member and having an inverted T-slot cut longitudinally in its body from the top edge, and spring friction members sliding in the cross channel of said T- slot and having heads projecting upwardly adaptofiset horizontal arms sliding in the base of the T-slot and having a vertical portion extending upwardly in the vertical portion of the T-slot to a spread head above the surface of the frame and adapted to provide a garment stop for the 5 hanger.

MARY KATHLEEN FARLEY. 

